Congestion Charge Part II: Day II

Yesterday morning, Ken Livingstone doubled the size of his congestion charging zone, despite the strong opposition of local residents and the Department for Transport labelling the project as demonstrating "poor" value.

As we all know, Maida Vale residents live outside the congestion charge boundary and Livingstone has absolutely refused to give you and your neighbours a 90% discount to the charge (unlike our friends in Kensington & Chelsea).

On Saturday, our parliamentary candidate, Joanne Cash, led a protest against the extension of the congestion charge. We were joined by a group of all political persuasions, old and young, businesses and residents, cars drivers and pedestrians, those supporting the principle of congestion charging and those not, all of whom were united in the belief that this particular scheme would cause more harm than good.

We want to hear from you. E-mail us at maidavale@maidavaleconservatives.com and tell us about your experiences now that the extension has started.

Alastair, Jan and Lee